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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chichester District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
226 approved · 486 refused · 324 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2021 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
11 Adames Field Chichester West Sussex PO19 6FB
Received 1 Nov 2024Road Verge Adjacent To Cobley Chestnut Avenue Chichester West Sussex PO19 5QE
Received 1 Nov 2024The Drive Chichester West Sussex
Received 1 Nov 2024Claws Reach Crablands Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 9AY
Received 1 Nov 2024Little Orchard Lockgate Road Sidlesham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7QQ
Received 4 Nov 2024Field West Of Beachlands Nursery Newells Lane West Ashling West Sussex
Received 4 Nov 2024Carthagena Farm Bell Lane Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7HY
Received 4 Nov 2024Southbourne Farmshop Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8JN
Received 4 Nov 20249 Bartholomews Terrace Chatsworth Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 7DE
Received 31 Oct 202414 Sunnymead Drive Selsey Chichester West Sussex PO20 0DF
Received 30 Oct 202428 Rowan Close Birdham Chichester West Sussex PO20 7FF
Received 4 Nov 2024The Manor House Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HR
Received 4 Nov 2024The Manor House Prinsted Lane Prinsted Emsworth PO10 8HR
Received 4 Nov 2024The Old Store Guest House Halnaker Boxgrove Chichester West Sussex PO18 0QL
Received 4 Nov 2024Lower Barn Skiff Lane Wisborough Green Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0AA
Received 4 Nov 2024The Sussex Brewery 36 Main Road Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8AU
Received 4 Nov 202435 Kelsey Avenue Southbourne Emsworth West Sussex PO10 8NG
Received 4 Nov 2024Land At Shopwyke Lake Glenmore Business Park Chichester West Sussex PO19 7BJ
Received 4 Nov 2024St Johns Chapel St Johns Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UR
Received 4 Nov 20242 Gloucester Terrace Bosham Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8HY
Received 4 Nov 2024The Manor House Clappers Lane Earnley Chichester West Sussex PO20 7JL
Received 4 Nov 2024Land On Mount Lane To Technical College Chichester West Sussex PO19 3DQ
Received 5 Nov 2024Little Hayes Meadow Lane West Wittering Chichester West Sussex PO20 8LR
Received 5 Nov 2024Wisteria Cottage The Ride Ifold Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0TH
Received 5 Nov 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chichester District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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